Raja cecilae Steurbaut and Herman 1978 (skate)

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rajidae

Alternative combination: Raja ceciliae

Full reference: E. Steurbaut and J. Herman. 1978. Biostratigraphie et poissons fossiles de la formation de l'Argile de Boom (Oligocène moyen du Bassin Belge). Geobios 11:297-325

Belongs to Raja according to D. Gille et al. 2010

See also Bor 1985, Cappetta 1987, Hovestadt and Hovestadt-Euler 1995, Reinecke 2015 and Steurbaut and Herman 1978

Sister taxa: Raja amphitrita, Raja antiqua, Raja batis, Raja clavata, Raja davisi, Raja farishi, Raja gentili, Raja harrisae, Raja holsatica, Raja louisi, Raja manitaria, Raja marandati, Raja mccollumi, Raja michauxi, Raja olisiponensis, Raja praeclavata, Raja primarmata, Raja rugosa, Raja similis, Raja sudhakari, Raja texana, Raja thiedei

Type specimen: IRSNB P.2648, a tooth. Its type locality is Kruibeke, level S5-49, which is in a Rupelian marine claystone in the Boom Clay Formation of Belgium.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Belgium (8 collections), Germany (3)

• Eocene of the Netherlands (2)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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